<span style="color: #222222;">Union Secretary of Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade, Dr. Guruprasad Mohapatra on Monday chaired a meeting of Empowered Committee for consideration of registration of manufacturing and service sector Units under Industrial Development Scheme-2017 of Jammu and Kashmir, Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The video conference meeting was attended by Director Industries and Commerce, Jammu, Anoo Malhotra and Director Industries and Commerce, Kashmir, Mehmood Shah besides concerned officers of Uttrakhand and Himachal.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">During the meeting, 29 cases of the Union Territory were placed before the Empowered Committee for consideration of registration under IDS-2017, of which 13 cases from Jammu and 16 from Kashmir Division were cleared.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The total investment in the cases cleared by Empowered Committee is to the tune of 79.62 crore rupees and these units will be able to generate employment for about 629 persons.         </span><br />